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Sonia Sotomayor has a successful memoir in, "Beloved World." (Getty Images)

Justice Sotomayor: Just call me “Sonia from the Bronx”

By Verene Dobnik, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just "Sonia from the Bronx." And on Sunday, the first Hispanic … Read More

Popular Latin music duo Wisin y Yandel are splitting up.

Reggaeton duo Wisin y Yandel breaking up?

By Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The popular Puerto Rican reggaeton duo of Wisin and Yandel was said to be breaking up but the group's publicist denies the … Read More

Dania Ramirez celebrated her honeymoon with some warm weather travels in the Caribbean, taking plenty of Instagram snapshopts to commemorate her vacation.

Dania Ramirez shares sexy Puerto Rico honeymoon pictures

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Dania Ramirez may have tied the knot to director John Beverly Amos Land back in February, but it looks like the honeymoon is just beginning with some hot new … Read More

The U.S. Navy on Friday began testing two new aerial tools, borrowed from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, that officials say will make it easier to detect, track and videotape drug smugglers in action. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

U.S. to turn to drones to stop drug smugglers in the Caribbean

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ABOARD THE HIGH SPEED VESSEL SWIFT (AP) — Drug smugglers who race across the Caribbean in speedboats will typically jettison their cargo when spotted by … Read More

Controversy erupted in Maryland after a Puerto Rican teen refused to stand for the pledge of allegiance to bring awareness to the status of Puerto Rico. (Courtesy Enidris Rodriguez)

Teen refuses to stand for pledge of allegiance because “situation in Puerto Rico is undemocratic”

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Enidris Siurano Rodriguez,15, has not stood for the pledge of allegiance at school since she was in 7th grade to bring awareness to what she believes is an … Read More

A doctor walks through a hallway at the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Doctors flee Puerto Rico for US mainland

By Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Going to the doctor in Puerto Rico has for years often meant getting in line. Now, it might mean getting on a plane. A medical … Read More

Keevin Minami, with the State Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Quarantine Station holds the coqui frog he caught in Manoa Valley. Minami says this male frog is not quite fully grown.

Puerto Rico’s beloved coqui frog is disappearing

By Ben Fox and Ezequiel Abiu, Associated Press

PATILLAS, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally … Read More

Marc Anthony and 21-year-old girlfriend Chloe Green recently enjoyed a getaway in Puerto Rico

[PHOTOS] Marc Anthony, 21-year-old girlfriend Chloe Green going strong

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Marc Anthony attended the wedding of singer Duane McLaughlin and Amber Ridinger over the weekend and it looks like the salsa star had his 21-year-old … Read More

Hispanic graduation rates in New York City are higher than ever, but students for whom Spanish is their first language remain behind.

Puerto Rico eliminates U.S. college entrance exam fees

By Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor says public school students will no longer have to pay to take the standardized entrance exams … Read More

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, right, speaks as Maria Teresa Szendrey holds Sotomayor's new book at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Sotomayor draws hundreds in Puerto Rico for book tour

By Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited Puerto Rico to present her new memoir on Tuesday, drawing hundreds of fans in … Read More